Top News
The key news from Ports Europe covering business and geopolitical issues. Some of these articles appear in the email newsletter published every Wednesday. This will include any new Analysis articles.
DEPA opens the way for the use of LNG in Greek shipping
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – DEPA has announced that it has pioneered the development of the necessary supply chain for the supply...
Georgian Kulevi Port exports Caspian and Black sea oil products
Kulevi, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 19,2018 – During its over 10 years of operation, the Black Sea terminal (BST) of Azerbaijan’s state oil company...
Greek regional ports of Alexandroupolis and Kavala set to issue concession tenders
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek...
Turkey’s anti-trust authority approves sale of Petlim container terminal to SOCAR
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Turkey’s competition regulator has approved the sale of APM Terminalleri Liman Isletmeciligi A.S....
Uir and Assoporti present in Tokyo the opportunities for investment in Italy
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – At the Italian Embassy in Tokyo, the President of Unione Interporti Riuniti, Matteo Gasparato, and the...
Volkswagen plant in Pamela faces production suspension due to Setúbal port strike
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Autoeuropa, the Volkswagen AG can manufacturing facility in Palmela, has no further space to store...
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Venice port authority sign railway upgrade agreement
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Maurizio Gentile, Managing Director and General Manager of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (FS Group), the...
Can Europe close its ports to Russian ships arriving from the Azov Sea?
Mariupol (PortSEurope) December 15, 2018 -The European Parliament passed on December 12 a resolution calling on the European Union (EU) to close European ports...
Amazon will open a second logistics centre in Seville port
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Amazon, a U.S. electronic commerce, cloud computing, and consumer...
EBRD partners with EU for Macedonian Railway Corridor VIII
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to grant Macedonia an...
Ports included in new EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – The European Union has published details of the key elements of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership...
Port of Antwerp to provide consulting services to USPA in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and Port of Antwerp International/APEC Port Training Center have...
EU Mediterranean Corridor official calls for cooperation between Spain and Catalonia
December 10, 2018 New EU coordinator for the Mediterranean Corridor, Iveta Radičová, has called for greater cooperation between the Catalan and Spanish...
CORE LNGas hive completes multimodal LNG transport pilot test
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2018 – The CORE LNGas hive project has successfully carried out the first pilot test of multimodal...
Port of Izmir to be connected to BTK railway
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Turkey plans to connect the port of Izmir to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor (BTK) by rail, the...
Sviluppo Marche Srl launches “4helix+” project
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Sviluppo Marche Srl (Svim) is launching the “4helix+” project, which will provide funding to...
Genoa port loses 9% of traffic after Morandi bridge disaster
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Genoa port has lost approximately 9% of its cargo traffic since the collapse of the Morandi bridge in August,...
Italy to invest €922 million in Genoa, Savona ports by 2021
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Italy’s government plans to invest €922 million ($1 billion) in the development of Genoa and Savona...
FELB to launch freight rail service linking Italy to China’s Chengdu
Melzo, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Austria-based company Far East Land Bridge (FELB) plans to launch a freight rail service connecting the Melzo...
French Parliament delegation visits Suez Canal Authority
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has received a senior delegation from the National Defense Committee and the Armed Forces...